Monday, October 30, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Are You a Connector?
2. Are you open-minded?
3. Are you generous with your time, thoughts and ideas?
4. Do you like surprises?
5. Does solving problems give you a buzz?
6. Are you humble?
Favorite CAD - Sept.

So thats what it would look like!!.. si.. licking helps si.. (lol)
Favorite CAD - Ago.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Waleska's Blog
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Scott Adam's Blog
The reason that a product “everyone likes” will fail is because no one “loves” it. The only thing that predicts success is passion, even if only 10% of the consumers have it. Great ideas catch on immediately, and passionately, at least with the early adopters.
Improbable Research
WoOhoo Google!
Seriously?
Orlando Sentinel
Monday, October 16, 2006
Pogue's Post
A bunch of you had a reaction that surprised me: "I wonder how much data they'll harvest? Not just phone numbers but also the content of the conversations."
OK, what?
So you mean the whole operation is a giant phone number collection scam? Meaning that Futurephone will use caller ID to find out *your* number? Or do you think they're more interested in collecting the numbers you're *calling*--in China and Estonia?
OK, I'm as interested in privacy as the next person. But if someone were interested in harvesting phone numbers, why would he go to the trouble of launching this elaborate phone-services company? Wouldn't it be infinitely more efficient just to pick up a tidy, complete, ready-to-harvest, pre-compiled list of phone numbers--a little thing called the *phone book*?
And then the bit about listening in to your calls. Well, sure, I guess Futurephone could theoretically listen in to your calls. But why stop being neurotic right there? Why not worry about Skype listening in to your Skype calls? And Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile and Sprint? And your long-distance and home-phone companies? Heck, someone might have bugged the room you're in at this very moment!
This all reminds me of a recent e-mail from a reader who wanted to know if it's possible to get a cellphone that encrypts your conversation so nobody can eavesdrop on the line.
The bottom line: Worrying that Futurephone might have secret plans to invade your privacy is like repairing the screen door when all your windows are wide open. If you're going to be paranoid, at least focus on the real threats; there are plenty of those to go around.
Ridiculous News
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
The Magic of Levitating
Reliability
- Alfred A. Montapert
Trust also your own judgment, for it is your most reliable counselor. A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted on a high tower.
- Ecclesiasticus
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation.
- Freeman Dyson
The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 - 43 BC
Monday, October 09, 2006
Whats Next?
Good News!
Interesting..
Dilbert
Relaxation
Sky
- Kaethe Kollwitz
We all live under the same sky, but we don't have the same horizon.
- Konrad Adenauer
For the man sound in body and serene in mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Groucho Marx
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication.
- All from Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx
Daniel J. Boorstin
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.
- All from Daniel Joseph Boorstin